In the article Technology in Education, it has many different web sites you can go to that relate to education and technology. So the article that i chose was Technology and Academic Achievement, by Les Flotos. In his article he states that schools have dramatically increased spending on classroom technology to more than $5 billion anually. This raises an eyebrow for many educators and parents who want evidence on the improvement on the students work. This is the question that many observers ask, whether the resources and time devoted to technology might produce an increase in academic achievement. As i went on reading the article, it states that new evidence shows that technology has a postive role in the increase of student academic achievement. Harold Wenglinsky's study, "Does it Compute: The Relationship between Educational Technology and Student Achievement in Mathematics," says that technology does have a positive affect on students, but that not all technology is benifical. He also mentions that teachers that have given math problem online have shown a high increase of math scores. I do agree with Les Flotos, that technoloy is postive in some way. I myself have seen an increase in my math scores because I do my math homework online. I do better on my online math class than I do when I go to my math class. So I believe that that shows evidence in my improvement in my math scores. So like Les Flotos mentioned, some technology does help a student improve their academic skills.
The article Going One- to- One elaborates about the experiences of the cutting- edge schools that partake in laptop learning programs. It explains why schools should participate, the negatives about this program, and the questions you might have about starting one of the laptop-learning program. In schools there is many different up and coming technological advances, but two of the fastest- growing technologies are laptop computers and wireless networks. The author Mark Warschauer served on a team with faculty members from the University of California- Irvine, along with graduate students and current students that where investigating the one- to- one laptop learning programs. They surveyed mass amounts of teachers, students, parents and administrators. Along with the survey, they decided to see for themselves what this program was like and they observed different classrooms for an astonishing 750 hours! After completing all of their goals, they reviewed all of their data and came up with many credible reasons about the program. The laptop program has its advantages and disadvantages. Some of the things this program isn’t likely to achieve in your district are, higher test scores, erasure of achievement gaps and it is highly unlikely that it will reform troubled schools. Your unlikely to get higher test scores because while using a laptop your searching for information using multiple media, and revising writing, and these things do not necessarily show up on paper- and- pencil tests. It won’t erasure of achievement gaps because the program can benefit all students, but you can’t count on the programs to erase education inequities. The most important reason what your not likely to achieve with this program is reforming of troubled schools because if a school is troubled with discipline problems, or unfocused instruction, the laptops may amplify these difficulties by giving students a new idea for off- task behavior. There are many excellent reasons why you should start the laptop program because in the 21st century, laptops facilitate the kinds of learning and thinking that today’s world demands. There is greater engagement through multi-media, which include videos, sounds, music and animation. The students are more likely to be engaged and when a student is engaged, they spend more time on task, they work more independently, and most importantly the enjoy learning. Students writing can always be improved, and with laptops in the classroom, the students can revise their writing more easily and more frequently. A teacher can provide more feed back on their writing because the teachers have easier access, and some schools now-a- days allow students to submit their work to automated essay- scoring programs. Those are just some of the reasons what you won’t achieve and what you will achieve with this program. If you want to get started with the laptop program, you have to keep in mind the total cost of ownership, choosing a good vendor to purchase these machines from, how to keep students on task and to take your time with this program so students can learn. This text raises some questions, but most of my questions were answered in the text of this article. After reading this article many times, I am still wondering what if all the students don’t understand English, and how would you be able to always keep students on task without them being distracted? I am still confused about the maintenance of the computers because a computer let a lone a laptop requires a lot of maintenance and the updating of software monthly. This text is going to help me out a lot while writing this inquiry because it answered many of my questions, gave specific reasons on what you achieve with this program and what you don’t achieve, and lastly this was written based on the credible research that took place.
Nicholas Crestani
The author of the article “PayPal Is Not ‘Safe and Secure’" the author of the article doesn’t wish to state his name. He is trying to show us that PayPal is not all that safe and secure like they say they are. The author goes about making this point by stating a personal example of when it happened to himself. He states “Earlier this summer I placed a laptop for sale on eBay. The winning bidder paid via PayPal, and was a "verified" member. They wanted me to ship the item to an address that wasn't verified. Knowing the processes that a customer goes through to become verified, I had no problem in filling the customer's request. Seven weeks later, I receive an email that the PayPal member had the charges reversed due to fraudulent use.” In this he says that PayPal was not responsible for the charges made by this bidder as stated here “His credit card company, and NOT PayPal protected him, and he received his money back.” The author also states, “My PayPal account was now at a negative $1400.00. Not completely reading and understanding all of the policies spelled out, and nowhere present when the invoice appears where the buyer sends the ship to address is the "ineligible" word that protects PayPal, and costs me $1400.00.” This is saying that PayPal is not responsible for where the item is being shipped and makes PayPal not part of the transaction. After reading this article I am surprised that PayPal would refund the money to the original person who was selling the laptop, because now he didn’t have the laptop or the money. The more I read these articles about how unsecure PayPal really is, I question the account I currently have and use with PayPal. It doesn’t seem right that they would not want to back their account holders. This text poses a lot of usefulness because it can be used to show the bad side of how PayPal works. Also this article has brought up more ideas to research when I am trying to do my inquiry. http://www.diigo.com/09if1
Drew McGannhttp://www.diigo.com/09hcb
The article Social Media in the Classroom explains the how social media is mainstream media for many people such as kids, tweens, teens and adults. The article starts off talking about explaining the safety during elementary school and getting the kids familiar with these sites. They suggest using VoiceThread, which uses recorded messages rather than messages typed out on the screen. You want to discuss the different social sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, because some of the kids have heard about these sites. By the time kids are in middle school, about 40% of kids have already experimented with social sites at their house or a friends house. They can learn how to use these sites by watching interesting videos, answering appealing questions. Once they reach high school, 9 in 10 kids or 90% of them have used social sites. They suggest you use sites that you can post homework, assignments and class information on. The teacher can create a single network for all their classes and the students can register for the site and get access to all the information you post on the network. When I was in high school, there was a site called SchoolLoop, where teachers posted homework assignments and also graded homework assignments. Along with the homework, they posted tests, and documents that needed to be printed out. This year, they are posting attendance so that way parents can see if their kids have been attending classes on a daily basis. Many high school kids have registered with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace. Although they are members of these sites, they don’t know how to be safe on these sites. You never post any personal information about yourself or others to people you don’t know, such as address, phone number, because they could be Internet predators. This is one of the biggest problems today because they cyber bully and put down others, resulting in multiple deaths. So many students are using social networks on a daily basis and even hourly basis and that number is going to continue to grow, so it makes sense that educators should start using different social sites in their classroom. Not only do students like it, it’s not boring to them.
Nicholas Crestani
The author of the article "Pros and Cons of PyPal" is pointing out the cons of PayPal. The author states that PayPal has been sued a couple of times in the past years, that there customer service is not very good and that people should be aware the polices that PayPal has in relation to your money. PayPal has been sued 2 times and one of which was for a lawsuit for $9.25 million and agreed to the business practices of PayPal, but PayPal denied that anything wrong. The other time that PayPal was sued was in August of 2002. They were sued for mishandling accounts. The judge of this case ruled in favor of the claims brought up against PayPal. The author says that PayPal reserves the right not to dispute a charge-back. He also say that PayPal will refuse them if it is not likely if PayPal will not be successful. They refuse this because they will get higher interest rates from the bank and in turn make more money. From someone who uses PayPal quite often it astonished me that PayPal would discourage charge-backs just so they look good to the banks and in turn make more money from them. Also that they have to hide there customer service number so that they don’t have to pay people to answer the calls. What is confusing to me is that why PayPal would want to hide there customer service number other than to make more money is odd. Another question that comes to my attention is that why go through the trouble in being sneaky to make more money when they will eventualy get caught and pay the price for it. The article to me poses great usefulness for my research. In my research when I would want to talk about the cons of PayPal this article in particular will help me point out some shocking things that PayPal is doing. This article is going to make me question the reliability of PayPal and question the reason for me having an account with them.
http://www.diigo.com/09cbx Megan Sweeney
The article Pros and Cons to Using New Media in the Classroom, by Grace Chen talks about the positive and negative sides on the “new media.” Today technology is taking over, especially in the classroom. Books are turning into Cd’s and also on the computer instead. Children are learning from the television, ads on the computer and also learning a new style of learning of reading on the computer that our parents never experienced. This technology may also be looked at as negative, if children are using television as a way of learning instead of learning from books it may set them back on how to read. Their imagination may not be used as often, and with that students have decreased in language art scores. This in the end will hurt students and they will not be able to spell or write properly. Chen states that, “the only constant force in the universe is change.” Students today have resources available to them than many of us never dreamed possible. Most of those resources can be used for good and can help students learn and grow. However, some can have a negative effect on students, and it is important to strike a balance between them. When used appropriately, the advantages can be taken advantage of, while the disadvantages are mitigated.
In this article it makes me question how technology is used in the classroom. I like to be taught using visuals while others may like to be taught imagining something themselves. Technology has come a long was so why should we take advantage of it. Teachers want their students to be able to compose a paper on a computer and be able to research. Using a computer for research is faster and easier then trying to find one book at a library. Children today know more about computer then their parents do, my 10-year-old brother helps my parents write emails and helps them download songs. I think this is a positive thing, having him already be comfortable using technology in the twenty-first century is important. Technology is helpful for anything from watch television to researching for a paper. This article is very useful for me. This is exactly what I want to focus on in this Inquiry. The pros and cons of technology in classroom have so much interesting things about it. Students still have so much to learn and the teachers also have a lot to learn from students too.
Kristine Campos
In the article Technology in Education, it has many different web sites you can go to that relate to education and technology. So the article that i chose was Technology and Academic Achievement, by Les Flotos. In his article he states that schools have dramatically increased spending on classroom technology to more than $5 billion anually. This raises an eyebrow for many educators and parents who want evidence on the improvement on the students work. This is the question that many observers ask, whether the resources and time devoted to technology might produce an increase in academic achievement. As i went on reading the article, it states that new evidence shows that technology has a postive role in the increase of student academic achievement. Harold Wenglinsky's study, "Does it Compute: The Relationship between Educational Technology and Student Achievement in Mathematics," says that technology does have a positive affect on students, but that not all technology is benifical. He also mentions that teachers that have given math problem online have shown a high increase of math scores. I do agree with Les Flotos, that technoloy is postive in some way. I myself have seen an increase in my math scores because I do my math homework online. I do better on my online math class than I do when I go to my math class. So I believe that that shows evidence in my improvement in my math scores. So like Les Flotos mentioned, some technology does help a student improve their academic skills.
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Drew McGann
The article Going One- to- One elaborates about the experiences of the cutting- edge schools that partake in laptop learning programs. It explains why schools should participate, the negatives about this program, and the questions you might have about starting one of the laptop-learning program. In schools there is many different up and coming technological advances, but two of the fastest- growing technologies are laptop computers and wireless networks. The author Mark Warschauer served on a team with faculty members from the University of California- Irvine, along with graduate students and current students that where investigating the one- to- one laptop learning programs. They surveyed mass amounts of teachers, students, parents and administrators. Along with the survey, they decided to see for themselves what this program was like and they observed different classrooms for an astonishing 750 hours! After completing all of their goals, they reviewed all of their data and came up with many credible reasons about the program. The laptop program has its advantages and disadvantages. Some of the things this program isn’t likely to achieve in your district are, higher test scores, erasure of achievement gaps and it is highly unlikely that it will reform troubled schools. Your unlikely to get higher test scores because while using a laptop your searching for information using multiple media, and revising writing, and these things do not necessarily show up on paper- and- pencil tests. It won’t erasure of achievement gaps because the program can benefit all students, but you can’t count on the programs to erase education inequities. The most important reason what your not likely to achieve with this program is reforming of troubled schools because if a school is troubled with discipline problems, or unfocused instruction, the laptops may amplify these difficulties by giving students a new idea for off- task behavior. There are many excellent reasons why you should start the laptop program because in the 21st century, laptops facilitate the kinds of learning and thinking that today’s world demands. There is greater engagement through multi-media, which include videos, sounds, music and animation. The students are more likely to be engaged and when a student is engaged, they spend more time on task, they work more independently, and most importantly the enjoy learning. Students writing can always be improved, and with laptops in the classroom, the students can revise their writing more easily and more frequently. A teacher can provide more feed back on their writing because the teachers have easier access, and some schools now-a- days allow students to submit their work to automated essay- scoring programs. Those are just some of the reasons what you won’t achieve and what you will achieve with this program. If you want to get started with the laptop program, you have to keep in mind the total cost of ownership, choosing a good vendor to purchase these machines from, how to keep students on task and to take your time with this program so students can learn. This text raises some questions, but most of my questions were answered in the text of this article. After reading this article many times, I am still wondering what if all the students don’t understand English, and how would you be able to always keep students on task without them being distracted? I am still confused about the maintenance of the computers because a computer let a lone a laptop requires a lot of maintenance and the updating of software monthly. This text is going to help me out a lot while writing this inquiry because it answered many of my questions, gave specific reasons on what you achieve with this program and what you don’t achieve, and lastly this was written based on the credible research that took place.
Nicholas Crestani
The author of the article “PayPal Is Not ‘Safe and Secure’" the author of the article doesn’t wish to state his name. He is trying to show us that PayPal is not all that safe and secure like they say they are. The author goes about making this point by stating a personal example of when it happened to himself. He states “Earlier this summer I placed a laptop for sale on eBay. The winning bidder paid via PayPal, and was a "verified" member. They wanted me to ship the item to an address that wasn't verified. Knowing the processes that a customer goes through to become verified, I had no problem in filling the customer's request. Seven weeks later, I receive an email that the PayPal member had the charges reversed due to fraudulent use.” In this he says that PayPal was not responsible for the charges made by this bidder as stated here “His credit card company, and NOT PayPal protected him, and he received his money back.” The author also states, “My PayPal account was now at a negative $1400.00. Not completely reading and understanding all of the policies spelled out, and nowhere present when the invoice appears where the buyer sends the ship to address is the "ineligible" word that protects PayPal, and costs me $1400.00.” This is saying that PayPal is not responsible for where the item is being shipped and makes PayPal not part of the transaction. After reading this article I am surprised that PayPal would refund the money to the original person who was selling the laptop, because now he didn’t have the laptop or the money. The more I read these articles about how unsecure PayPal really is, I question the account I currently have and use with PayPal. It doesn’t seem right that they would not want to back their account holders. This text poses a lot of usefulness because it can be used to show the bad side of how PayPal works. Also this article has brought up more ideas to research when I am trying to do my inquiry.
http://www.diigo.com/09if1
Drew McGannhttp://www.diigo.com/09hcb
The article Social Media in the Classroom explains the how social media is mainstream media for many people such as kids, tweens, teens and adults. The article starts off talking about explaining the safety during elementary school and getting the kids familiar with these sites. They suggest using VoiceThread, which uses recorded messages rather than messages typed out on the screen. You want to discuss the different social sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, because some of the kids have heard about these sites. By the time kids are in middle school, about 40% of kids have already experimented with social sites at their house or a friends house. They can learn how to use these sites by watching interesting videos, answering appealing questions. Once they reach high school, 9 in 10 kids or 90% of them have used social sites. They suggest you use sites that you can post homework, assignments and class information on. The teacher can create a single network for all their classes and the students can register for the site and get access to all the information you post on the network. When I was in high school, there was a site called SchoolLoop, where teachers posted homework assignments and also graded homework assignments. Along with the homework, they posted tests, and documents that needed to be printed out. This year, they are posting attendance so that way parents can see if their kids have been attending classes on a daily basis. Many high school kids have registered with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace. Although they are members of these sites, they don’t know how to be safe on these sites. You never post any personal information about yourself or others to people you don’t know, such as address, phone number, because they could be Internet predators. This is one of the biggest problems today because they cyber bully and put down others, resulting in multiple deaths. So many students are using social networks on a daily basis and even hourly basis and that number is going to continue to grow, so it makes sense that educators should start using different social sites in their classroom. Not only do students like it, it’s not boring to them.
Nicholas Crestani
The author of the article "Pros and Cons of PyPal" is pointing out the cons of PayPal. The author states that PayPal has been sued a couple of times in the past years, that there customer service is not very good and that people should be aware the polices that PayPal has in relation to your money. PayPal has been sued 2 times and one of which was for a lawsuit for $9.25 million and agreed to the business practices of PayPal, but PayPal denied that anything wrong. The other time that PayPal was sued was in August of 2002. They were sued for mishandling accounts. The judge of this case ruled in favor of the claims brought up against PayPal. The author says that PayPal reserves the right not to dispute a charge-back. He also say that PayPal will refuse them if it is not likely if PayPal will not be successful. They refuse this because they will get higher interest rates from the bank and in turn make more money. From someone who uses PayPal quite often it astonished me that PayPal would discourage charge-backs just so they look good to the banks and in turn make more money from them. Also that they have to hide there customer service number so that they don’t have to pay people to answer the calls. What is confusing to me is that why PayPal would want to hide there customer service number other than to make more money is odd. Another question that comes to my attention is that why go through the trouble in being sneaky to make more money when they will eventualy get caught and pay the price for it. The article to me poses great usefulness for my research. In my research when I would want to talk about the cons of PayPal this article in particular will help me point out some shocking things that PayPal is doing. This article is going to make me question the reliability of PayPal and question the reason for me having an account with them.
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Megan Sweeney
The article Pros and Cons to Using New Media in the Classroom, by Grace Chen talks about the positive and negative sides on the “new media.” Today technology is taking over, especially in the classroom. Books are turning into Cd’s and also on the computer instead. Children are learning from the television, ads on the computer and also learning a new style of learning of reading on the computer that our parents never experienced. This technology may also be looked at as negative, if children are using television as a way of learning instead of learning from books it may set them back on how to read. Their imagination may not be used as often, and with that students have decreased in language art scores. This in the end will hurt students and they will not be able to spell or write properly. Chen states that, “the only constant force in the universe is change.” Students today have resources available to them than many of us never dreamed possible. Most of those resources can be used for good and can help students learn and grow. However, some can have a negative effect on students, and it is important to strike a balance between them. When used appropriately, the advantages can be taken advantage of, while the disadvantages are mitigated.
In this article it makes me question how technology is used in the classroom. I like to be taught using visuals while others may like to be taught imagining something themselves. Technology has come a long was so why should we take advantage of it. Teachers want their students to be able to compose a paper on a computer and be able to research. Using a computer for research is faster and easier then trying to find one book at a library. Children today know more about computer then their parents do, my 10-year-old brother helps my parents write emails and helps them download songs. I think this is a positive thing, having him already be comfortable using technology in the twenty-first century is important. Technology is helpful for anything from watch television to researching for a paper. This article is very useful for me. This is exactly what I want to focus on in this Inquiry. The pros and cons of technology in classroom have so much interesting things about it. Students still have so much to learn and the teachers also have a lot to learn from students too.